Rare Vintage Waltham Lip Nautic 3 Diver Watch for Parts or Repair
This is an ultra rare Waltham branded Lip Nautic 3 with a great dial, case and bezel. The Lip braded Lipnautic is already hard to find but with a Waltham co-branding this makes the watch even more desirable as it is both scarce to find and a beautiful watch. The watch itself does not work, The only thing I did on this watch was testing it with a battery and it does not work so it will need to be repaired. No other repairs have been tried by me on this watch, it was found at an estate here in Canada. The Dial looks to be in great condition but its sitting inside the case on a slight angle (the 12 looks to be higher then the 6, please check the pictures for more details), im not really sure why this is. The case and bezel look to be in great shape. Movement need a major overhaul, or just replace it with another movement as these are easy to find. There does seem to be some damage to the movement if you look at the picture of the movement the big screw near the coil looks rusted. The movement balance seems to spin freely if shaken.
This watch is for parts or repair only, a project but once done you will have a rare and very cool looking watch! Parts or Repair, Not working. Not working for parts or repair. Any watch stands shown in the images DO NOT come with the item, they are for presentation purposes only for this listing. Please examine all photos as they are part of the item description.
If I have missed any information in the description it is not intentional. Not tested and not guaranteed.
We are not professional or experienced graders, the condition we note is just based on what we think is the reasonable condition of the item, you need to look at the pictures and decide for yourself. In General mechanical and vintage watches need maintenance and servicing, buyers should expect to have to bring these watches into a watchmaker the same as changing the oil in your car to keep it running although not as often as a car. Mechanical watches are prone to damage if you hit them to hard, drop them, shake them to hard or exert any excessive force on them these have fine moving parts that are often moving at a high speed actions such as using a mechanical watch when hammering things or punching things.. These are examples only and. How do vintage watches keep time? Vintage mechanical watches do not keep exact time like its quartz counterparts, expect that watches that we list as working and keeping time unless otherwise specified run +/. 1-3 mins a day, we consider this to be acceptable for most vintage watches. Note: we do not time our watches to "seconds lost or gained" in a day, if you need something that accurate a quartz watch is more for you.If the watch in the listing says its tested then I have manually wound the watch and watched it for at least 12 hours unless otherwise stated. I do not have any sort of automatic watch winder to test automatic functions, generally unless stated I have only done a manual wind test. If it is an automatic I will generally shake the watch until it starts ticking and then watch it for an hour.
After that I will do the manual wind test as per above unless otherwise specified. Vintage watches and mechanical watches need to be services often by a certified watchmaker to keep them running well, similar to your car and oil changes. Unless specified in the listing watches are not serviced and will need to go to a watchmaker for a checkup and service to be good time keepers and continue running smoothly. Outside North America: May take up to 30 days. I cannot change those numbers.
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